ottaross, 13 days ago

@Dianora Oh nice. Is there potato in there perhaps? There's a nice potato bread I've made once or twice that has similar colour/texture.

Dianora, 13 days ago

@ottaross No potato! I can’t experiment too too much here because we are empty nesters now so yes my bread is boring but it is tasty. I do try to experiment more with dinners though. I’d love to make a decent raisin bread.

ottaross, 13 days ago

@Dianora easiest no-recipe effort for raisin bread is to just throw some raisins, brown sugar and cinnamon into a regular, maybe slightly wetter, batch of dough and you're there. :)

Dianora, 13 days ago

@ottaross Yes I've been meaning to try something like that. ;)

ottaross, 13 days ago

@Dianora I've got a bit of excess starter on the counter that I'm going to do something with but have no idea what yet. Waiting for the spirit to move me - lol.

bjb, 13 days ago

@ottaross @Dianora
No need for sugar, the raisins add sweetness.

ottaross, 13 days ago

@bjb @Dianora indeed, works that way too. I enjoy the maltiness of brown sugar though too, but it's a bit decadent perhaps.

Dianora, 12 days ago

@ottaross @bjb Brown sugar is a tad better than plain unadulterated white sugar at least. 😀 It might help bring out the cinnamon flavours too. But around here we pretty much use fruits as sweeteners all the time so raisins should be enough.

dan613, 12 days ago

@Dianora @ottaross @bjb Raw sugar is what you need. Brown sugar is white sugar with added molasses, as I discovered reading the package ingredients one day.

ottaross, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago)

@dan613 @Dianora @bjb we sometimes buy jaggery from south Asian shops for cooking. It's an even less processed brown sugar from palm, retaining its molasses and apparently other nutrients (lots of iron) that are lost from cane sugar.